English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Ambersham

Parish in the County of Sussex

Etymology

Now in Sussex, but formed part of Hampshire, being a detached part of the parish of Steep until 1832 (VCH Ha iv. 77). It seems never to have been assigned to any Sussex Hundred (ex inf. the Clerk to the West Sussex County Council).

Major Settlements